Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1527
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1528
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1529
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1530
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1531
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1532
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1533
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1534
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1535
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1536
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1537
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1538
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1539
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1540
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1541
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1542
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1543
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1544
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1545
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1546
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1547
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1548
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1549
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1550
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min